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By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer The holiday break is usually a quiet time in college basketball, many of the top teams playing small-conference…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jamal Mashburn Jr. scored 23 points, including four in a game-ending 8-0 run, and New Mexico stayed unbeaten with a 67-64 victory…

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul George scored 26 points, Kawhi Leonard had season highs of 25 points and nine rebounds, and…

SAN DIEGO — Micah Parrish scored 19 points off the bench and San Diego State rolled to an 88-54 victory over Kennesaw State. Parrish was 8 of 13…

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sean Durugordon scored 18 points and sparked Austin Peay to an 86-61 win over NAIA-member Lindsey Wilson College. The…

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Miles Norris scored 15 points to lead UC Santa Barbara over San Diego Christian 81-68. Norris shot 7 for 10 with a…

By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — No. 7 Texas played without Chris Beard after the coach was suspended for a felony domestic…

SAN DIEGO — Marcellus Earlington scored 21 points to lead San Diego past UC San Diego 84-58. Earlington shot 8 for 11, including 4 for 5 from…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Patriots linebacker Raekwon McMillan was simply trying to do his job, running over to make…

By TOMMY CONMY Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Drew Timme scored 26 points and No. 15 Gonzaga beat Northern Illinois 88-67, extending the…

By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Keldon Johnson scored 21 points and blocked a late shot by Donovan Mitchell as the San…

MONTREAL, Quebec (AP) — Flames defenseman Chris Tanev was helped off the ice after taking a slap shot to the head in the second period of…

DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic had 38 points and 11 rebounds in his return from a one-game absence, and Spencer Dinwiddie added 20 points and 10 assists…

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Tyler Harris had 18 points, Selton Miguel scored 17 and South Florida beat Northern Iowa 72-69. Harris made 5 of 12 shots from…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Cam Talbot had a 32-save shutout for his first shutout with the Senators in a 3-0 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Monday, but…

TULSA, Okla. — Max Abmas scored 26 points as Oral Roberts beat Liberty 84-70. Abmas also contributed eight rebounds and three steals for the Golden…

By ALLAN KREDA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Filip Chytil scored 2:15 into overtime and the New York Rangers rallied to beat New Jersey 4-3,…

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evgeni Malkin pounced on a loose puck and fired it into the net with 35 seconds remaining to lift…

By BEN NUCKOLS AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 30 points, Kyrie Irving had 24 and the well-rested Brooklyn Nets methodically…

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Bam Adebayo had 22 points and 17 rebounds, and Jimmy Butler scored seven straight points in…

By The Associated Press EASTON, Pa. — Led by Blair Thompson’s 13 points, the Columbia Lions defeated the Lafayette Leopards 57-45. The Lions…

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray was carted off the field during the team’s first…

NEW YORK (AP) — Hawks guard Trae Young was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Monday for throwing the game ball into the stands a day earlier following an…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Detroit guard Cade Cunningham is planning to have season-ending surgery to repair his left shin, a person with…

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer Navy athletic director Chet Gladchuk says the football program has two main goals. One is to win the…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Free agent left-hander Sean Manaea has reached agreement on a $25 million, two-year…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Star receiver Deebo Samuel is expected to return to the San Francisco 49ers before…

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer The Toronto Blue Jays strengthened their rotation by agreeing to a $63 million, three-year deal with Chris Bassitt. A…

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Four Native American tribes in Michigan have agreed with the state and federal…

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have acquired catcher Sean Murphy from the Oakland Athletics as part of a…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — North Carolina athletic director Bubba Cunningham will be among the new members of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Trevor Williams says the Washington Nationals plan to use him in their rotation next season.…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee State’s director of football operations and on-campus recruiting has been charged with aggravated assault…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — The last time Stanford’s football program was searching for a coach to get it out of a…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The International Olympic Committee says it will allow American gold-medal sprinter Vince Matthews back at the…

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys have signed free agent receiver T.Y. Hilton, adding the former longtime Indianapolis Colts player after…

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Vegas Golden Knights say leading scorer Jack Eichel was placed on injured reserve because of…

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Three-time Sun Belt Conference player of the year Grayson McCall will leave Coastal Carolina and enter the NCAA transfer…

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has fined Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams $20,000 for punching the ball into the stands during a game against the…

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — American midfielder Gio Reyna almost was sent home from the World Cup because of a lack of hustle…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Fisk University women’s gymnastics program will debut at the Super 16 invitational on Jan. 6 in Las Vegas. Fisk is the…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nneka Ogwumike will serve a third term as president of the WNBA Players Association after…

MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press (AP) — The NCAA has placed Missouri Southern State’s football program on three years of probation after…

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The Guardians have added some major pop to their lineup. Cleveland officially signed slugger Josh…

INDIANAPOLIS — Chris Osten scored 19 points, Vincent Brady II didn’t miss a shot and scored 17 and IUPUI beat Spalding 75-53. Osten added five…

GROVE, England (AP) — Team principal Jost Capito and technical director François-Xavier Demaison are leaving Williams after it finished last in…

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer Purdue picked up wins over West Virginia, No. 15 Gonzaga and No. 12 Duke in consecutive weeks to win the Phil…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says the body and possessions of soccer journalist Grant Wahl have been…

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Luka Modric isn’t the only player for the big occasion in the Croatia squad. Ivan Perišić…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Mississippi State coach Mike Leach was hospitalized in critical condition Monday, the day after what the…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Pelé is doing better after having been hospitalized to treat a respiratory infection aggravated by COVID-19. Doctors at the…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — FIFA analyst Jurgen Klinsmann has shared his theories on the Brazil and England losses in the…

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni has dismissed criticism of his players’ behavior during the…

By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has suspended men’s basketball coach Chris Beard after he was charged with felony…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Tony Stewart’s all-star summer racing series is moving from CBS to ESPN and a new night as ESPN plans to use…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Kylian Mbappé is finally getting his chance to play alongside Aurélien Tchouaméni. The…

LONDON (AP) — Yan Bingtao, one of the rising stars in snooker, has joined a growing list of Chinese players to get suspended by the sport’s…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer USA Basketball will play all its games at next year’s World Cup in Manila and won’t have to travel during…

MELBOURNE (AP) — FINA has run international swimming competitions for more than a century. Now it is rebranding itself as World Aquatics ahead of…

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Pelicans star forward Zion Williamson is producing in ways New Orleans envisioned when they…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Tyreek Hill scored two of the most memorable touchdowns of the Miami Dolphins’ season…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Justin Herbert threw for 367 yards and a touchdown and a short-handed Chargers defense got…

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Will Anderson Jr. of Alabama has won the Lott IMPACT Trophy as the college defensive player having the biggest…

NEW YORK (AP) — Tafara Gapare scored 13 points off of the bench to lead the UMass Minutemen past the Hofstra Pride 71-56. The Minutemen improved to…

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Endyia Rogers scored 14 of her career-high 34 points in the fourth quarter to help No. 17 Oregon rally and beat in-state rival…

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jake DeBrusk scored early in the third period to put Boston ahead for good and the Bruins beat…

By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — A.J. Griffin hit a 6-footer on an alley-oop pass at the overtime buzzer and the Atlanta Hawks…

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Lars Eller scored one of Washington’s four second-period goals in his 900th career game to help the Capitals down the…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Tom Brady relished the rare opportunity to come back to the Bay Area to play his…

By DICK SCANLON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Franz Wagner scored 23 points, Paolo Banchero added 20 points and 12 rebounds and the Orlando…

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks have not faced a day most of this season where Geno Smith was unable to make up…

By JEFFREY BERNSTEIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Julius Randle and RJ Barrett each scored 27 points and the New York Knicks ran their winning…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brock Purdy threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score in his first…

HOUSTON (AP) — Jalen Green had 30 points and seven rebounds, Kevin Porter Jr. added 18 points and seven assists and the Houston Rockets beat the…